Dasuki, Dokpesi And Bafarawa To Be Dragged To ICC Next Week- Femi Falana

Human rights lawyer and former president of West Africa Bar Association (WABA), Mr. Femi Falana, has vowed to drag the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) and others implicated in the alleged $2.1 billion arms deal, to the International Criminal Court (ICC) next week.

Falana disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at the maiden lecture and dinner organised by the Amnesty International (AI), while delivering a lecture on: “Promotion and Protection of human rights in Nigeria”, saying that the accused must be prosecuted for crimes against humanity.

He disputed media reports that President Muhammadu Buhari was engaging in impunity by detaining the alleged suspects for more than 48 hours, saying it was an outright lie.

The human rights activist further argued that the Administration of Criminal Law Act, which was enacted by the previous regime has empowered a magistrate on the application of the police or anti-graft agency to issue a remand order or detain those under investigation for more than 48 hours.

He said:

“Last week some people were arrested. I think three of them principally (Dasuki, Raymond Dokpesi, and Attahiru Bafarawa). Again, contrary to media report, the suspects were not arrested for diverting the some of $2.1 billion as it has been reported by the press,  but for diverting and misappropriating and conerring $6 billion. I am talking of $2.1 billion and N643 billion.

“Now in any part of the world, this is a serious crime that affects the generality of Nigerians, that affects our right to development, that led to the untimely death of over 5,000 soldiers, and 20,000  civilians that have been massacred by the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists.

“This fund was earmarked for procuring military hardware to prosecute the war on terror,  but a gang of people sat down and resolved and decided to corner the fund, and continue to deceive our people that adequate weapons have been procured for our soldiers and therefore they are indolent, and cowardly by not fighting to defeat the Boko Haram sect.”